I do see oil and gas as sometimes being mutually exclusive to off roading. Witness, for instance, Iron Chest. We are really lucky they returned it to its former condition, but many of our roads go to mines and other exploration and can be closed at a whim, like Gillespie for instance.

It's pretty depressing. On one hand, you have a party that is beholden to special interests (not our special interest!) and will shut down public access if they see a reason to, in order to further their idealistic values and if their supporters want it.